diff --git a/.init-template.sh b/.init-template.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..81e3ff2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.init-template.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# This script initializes a repository deployed from this template.
+# Skip prompts by setting environment variables SHORT_DESCRIPTION and/or LONG_DESCRIPTION
+# If LONG_DESCRIPTION is not set then it will default to the value in SHORT_DESCRIPTION
+
+set -e
+
+SED_COMMAND="sed -i"
+if [[ $OSTYPE == "darwin"* ]]; then
+  # macOS doesn't use GNU sed and has a slightly different syntax
+  SED_COMMAND="sed -i '' -E"
+fi
+
+function update_package_json() {
+  local -r github_org="$1"
+  local -r repository_name="$2"
+  local -r description="$3"
+
+  eval "$SED_COMMAND 's|cncsc/template-stacks|$github_org/$repository_name|g' package.json"
+  eval "$SED_COMMAND 's/{{module_description}}/$description/g' package.json"
+  rm package-lock.json
+  npm install
+}
+
+function update_github_env_file() {
+  local -r github_org="$1"
+  eval "$SED_COMMAND 's/cncsc/$github_org/g ./github/env.yaml"
+}
+
+function update_remote_state_config() {
+  local tfc_org
+  echo 'Enter the name of the Terraform Cloud org (e.g. "cncsc-dev"):'
+  read -r tfc_org
+  eval "$SED_COMMAND 's/cncsc/$tfc_org/g' .remote-state-config.yaml"
+}
+
+function main() {
+  local -r repository_name=$(git remote -v | grep push | sed -e 's|.*/||' | sed -e 's/\.git.*//')
+  local description
+
+  echo "Initializing repository from template..."
+  echo "Using repository name as the module name ($repository_name)..."
+
+  until test -n "${description:=${SHORT_DESCRIPTION}}"; do
+    echo "Enter a short description for the repository (package.json):"
+    echo '  (e.g. "Monorepo for declaratively managing the infrastructure and configuration of <group>.")'
+    read -r description
+  done
+
+  remote_origin="$(git config --get remote.origin.url || true)"
+  github_org="$(dirname "$remote_origin")"
+
+  update_package_json "$github_org" "$repository_name" "$description"
+  update_github_env_file "$github_org"
+  update_remote_state_config
+
+  rm -rf .init-template.sh
+
+  echo ""
+  echo "Initialization complete. Committing to source control..."
+  git add -A
+  git commit -m "Initialize repository from template"
+  git push -u origin main
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 527e26c..c74006d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 {
   "name": "@cncsc/template-stacks",
   "version": "0.0.0-development",
+  "description": "{{module_description}}",
+  "main": "terragrunt.hcl",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git@github.com:cncsc/template-stacks.git"